Maryann and Tyler debut in Chapter 181. They interview the new gym leader of Petalburg City, Norman. They are later in Rustboro City, where they see Sapphire rescue the Devon President's Castform. Maryann wants an interview with Sapphire, pushing Tyler to her, but Sapphire turns them down. Maryann then notices that the fountain that had hurt the Chairman's Castform had been sabotaged. They accompany Sapphire into Petalburg Woods and escape with her. They take care of the President's Castform after he is hospitalized.